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Play-In Game #4 – Ooh La La Ah Oui Oui – Hawks 3, Oilers 2 – Hawks Win Series 3–1

By John Pullega August 7, 2020 0

Box Score Natural Stat Trick We are all vile disgusting creatures who do not, have never, and will never deserve Corey Crawford. — Matt McClure (@Matt_McClure_) August 8, 2020 – Just put his fucking number in the goddamn rafters already I don’t fucking care. As predicted, the series went through Crow. He stopped 43 of […]

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So Strap on That There Jammy Pac, and Get Up Off My Floor—Hawks vs. Oilers—Special Teams

By John Pullega July 31, 2020 0

So far, we’ve generally argued that given the weirdness of these play-ins, the relative depth of the forward corps, and Corey Crawford returning from COVID-19, the Hawks could squeak out a win in this series-that-shouldn’t-be against an extremely top-heavy Oilers squad. But if you’re looking for an abandon all hope kick in the crotch, you’ll […]

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Overthinking, Overanalyzing Separates the Body From the Mind—Hawks vs. Oilers Preview—Forwards

By John Pullega July 27, 2020 0

The 2020 play-ins and playoffs will more closely resemble preseason hockey than any sort of competitive matchup between in-rhythm teams at the peak of their production. In these situations, raw talent typically beats systems. Given the alleged system that Jeremy Colliton runs—which often includes such scenes as “Connor Murphy chasing at his own blue line” […]

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Power Play, Roster Management, And Other Monday Tidbits

By Sam Fels February 10, 2020 0

Cleaning up some stuff before the back-to-back gets going tomorrow night. -It’s clear to everyone that the power play has become an issue. Well, that’s been obvious to everyone for a while. Now it’s become a blot on society. Last night was one of the worst performances we’ve seen from it in years, and that […]

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Angry At Numbers – Penalty Kill Edition

By Sam Fels January 16, 2020 0

Whenever the job-reaper comes for Jeremy Colliton, be it the middle of the season, in the summer, or never, he’s going to try and mount some defense if only to make himself more attractive for another job down the road. He doesn’t want to be Trent Yawney, y’know? And the first thing, maybe the only […]

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#45: Predators 5, Hawks 2 – Knowing Better but Choosing to Fail

By Rose Rankin January 9, 2020 0

It was a game they had to win, so of course they lost. I don’t want to hear anything from the organ-I-zation about how there’s a lot of hockey left, and there’s still half a season to go. Fuck that noise. If they actually wanted to do anything about the playoffs then literally every game […]

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Game #25: Avs 5, Hawks 2–These Answers Don’t Elude Me, I’m Merely Avoiding What I Feared All Along That They Could Be

By Rose Rankin November 29, 2019 0

The Blackhawks were leading in shots, they led in possession, they had Corey Crawford in net who’s been stellar of late…and they managed to get completely outplayed and have their asses handed to them at home. And Duncan Keith is out with a groin injury, so all around a rough day. Let’s get to it: […]

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Game #20 – Sabres vs Hawks Preview – Out Of The Red

By Matt McClure November 17, 2019 0

vs Game Time: 6:00PM CST TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, ESPN+, WGN-AM 720 Bills Mafia: Die By The Blade What just a week and a half ago looked like it might be less exciting Sunday night counter-programming to The Beloved on the west coast has suddenly become a potentially fun matchup between two teams still trying to find […]

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Game #12: Kings 3, Hawks 3 – Kings Win Rodeo Clown Death Match

By Rose Rankin November 3, 2019 0

After watching this game I had to sleep on it. And get an extra hour. There’s another one of these tonight, not to mention a Bears game, so let’s just get to it: Box Score Natural Stat Trick –The story was supposed to be Adam Boqvist‘s debut, so let’s address that right out of the […]

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Game #5 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks – Far Behind

By Matt McClure October 18, 2019 0

vs Game Time: 7:30PM CDT TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, ESPN+, WGN-AM 720 Bring Back Craig Krenzel: The Cannon Tonight on West Madison the 7 game homestand rounds the turn and kicks into the final stretch, with four games in the next seven days starting with the visiting Blue Jackets, who have won their last two games, and currently […]